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Naked Lunch (1991)
6.9
Ratings: 6.9/10 from 20,419 users
Metascore:
67/100
Reviews: 130 user | 76 critic | 16 from Metacritic.com After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally murders his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in an Islamic port town in Africa. Director:David Cronenberg |
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| Peter Weller | ... | ||
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Monique Mercure | ... | |
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Robert A. Silverman | ... | |
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Kiki
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Peter Boretski | ... |
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Exterminator #2
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John Friesen | ... | |
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Storyline
Not an adaptation of beat writer William S. Burrough's novel but a mix of biography and an interpretation of his drug- induced writing processes combined with elements of his work in this paranoid fantasy about Bill Lee, a writer who accidentally shoots his wife, whose typewriter transforms into a cockroach and who becomes involved in a mysterious plot in an Islamic port called Interzone. Wonderfully bizarre, not unlike Burrough's books. Written by Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
David Cronenberg and William S. Burroughs invite you to lunch. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for heavy drug content, bizarre eroticism, and language See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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(France) See more »Also Known As:
Hadaka no lunch See more »Filming Locations:
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaBox Office
Budget:
$16,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$2,541,541 (USA)Company Credits
Production Co:
Film Trustees Ltd., Naked Lunch Productions, Nippon Film Development and Finance See more »
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The shooting of the author's wife is not a fictional incident. William S. Burroughs did indeed accidentally shoot his wife Joan in the head in 1951 in Mexico in a "William Tell" stunt that went disastrously wrong. Mexican law at the time meant that Burroughs only served 13 days in prison for killing his wife. See more »
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